Pixel 8 Pro long term-review | Bringing the HEAT!

I've been loving my Pixel 8 Pro. I haven't had any issues whatsoever. Zero complaints.

Had the pixel 7 which I ditched because of poor battery and overheating. Then had the s23 ultra which was nice, but got tired of samsung and them having a duplicate app for everything. Got the iphone 15 pro, but in the end that's just an iphone.. Now on the pixel 8 pro and I love it. Finally a pixel I can use again, I feel the same about this phone as I did when I got my pixel 2. Great phone.

Pixel 8 Pro is a breath of fresh air compared to the Pixel 6 Pro. The design and the software are so much better.

Hi all, new Pixel owner, used to be a Samsung fan and decided to jump brands. Got my P8 Pro at launch and have been thoroughly impressed overall. I use my Pixel for practically everything; email, shopping, pictures ... etc. The big selling point for me is the promise of 7 years of updates and I hope they stick to it.

He's back.....🎉🎉🎉

I've got the pixel 8 (non pro) , love it apart from a couple of things. I'm upgrading from a Galaxy A71 so it's a massive upgrade. Firstly, SOT for battery is amazing on wifi, over 8 hours easily I can achieve. On data, I can probably get around 4 hours usually, with no difference in my testing between LTE and 5G. The only other issue I have with the phone is one time it overheated. It was charging in my car, plugged in for android auto, playing Spotify through the car and running a hotspot for a friend's phone and I got a notification that the phone was too hot. So yea, otherwise zero issues. Love the phone either way. Really good design and I appreciate the great hardware and software experience.

Won a Pixel 8 Pro on eBay, and received it a few days ago. My daily driver was the Fold 5; the UI smoothness and camera are so good on the Pixel that I'm contemplating to sell my Fold. I do love having a tablet in my pocket, but the Pixel is winning me over.

Glad that you are back!

Hey Damien, do you know where is the zoom enhance feature for Pixel 8 Pro? Has Google forgotten about this?

Judging from the Pixel 9 design leaks, it will be interesting to revisit this video same time next year 😅

10:05 I have also experienced this drastic drop in battery life at a random point during the day, usually when I start using it for about 20 minutes on basic chrome Web browsing, or other relatively low power apps like instagram after being idle for most of the morning, the battery drops around 10-20%

i got my p8p day one thanks to the pw2 deal, no issues at all, a solid phone. while I am no overly pleased at the price, I do think its good that we have choices between this and other more expensive phones like the s24u and iphone 15. yes its certainly not got a class leading chip or battery life, but both are about good enough and I would rather have the camera and OS and cheaper price.

I bought it months ago but I love it. Definitely had some issues early on with battery life but it seems to have improved a lot. Now I hit a good 7-8 hours SOT before I need to charge my battery, so on work days it typically lasts two days. Weekends are still daily charge but it lasts all day. Back when I first got it, it was like 3-5 hours SOT before I had to charge and it was super annoying. But since battery improved with updates or adaptive battery or whatever happened, I've re-enabled a lot of features I previously disabled to improve battery. So 5g is back on, 120hz is on, etc. And it's functioning great. I will say it's closer to 6-6.5 hours SOT if I'm on 4G/5G all day with no WiFi though. But that's still plenty to get me through the day. And if I'm all on a trip or something I'm likely to bring a portable charger or battery bank anyway.

I'm using a Pixel 6A and I believe I don't need an upgrade until Pixel 10 or so

It's amazing for me, I love how it's really just user friendly. Especially the voice typing is just incredible for me. And it's also interesting for me to observe how various different YouTube reviewers actually keep going back to the pixel phones in their day-to-day use.

I like my P8P, but I'm disappointed that the features it was sold as having are either not available in the UK or are coming later. I've not had heat problems but I donfind the camera a little slow.

Nice to see you back Damien

A new take on hardware while building incrementally and tweaking software. I really like the subtle morphing of Pixel without being completely finished but constantly going through fine tuning until the next series. The 8 series appears unfinished from the starting gate unlike early Pixels that was a finished model edition. IE ... It's like how Tesla puts out their cars and with each shortcoming it is addressed with or to a software update to correct issues. Google kinda does this as well putting a not quite ready for primetime product with continued polishing in the guise of monthly updates/feature drops. I say very well played. Maybe the competition will follow suit as they are stuck at present with providing a finished product. I gotta say I like my 8 series but get a little impatient with the incremental hiccups that do get addressed via updates. I like it when a company actually backs their product in more ways instead of being stuck with a finished product that is only improved by their next finished product. Refreshing indeed.

Yes, as much as I want that great battery life from phones using Snapdragon but I just can not use anything BUT Pixel software experiences.

Can't wait for the compact Pixel 9 Pro. October is it?